NetflixViewers were “smashed” by Eulogy, an emotional new episode of the seventh season of the Charlie Brooker series starring Paul Giamatti.
Black Mirror, a Charlie Brooker and Annabelle Jones dystopian anthology series since 2011, has released 34 stories about the dark side of technology. It’s a way for computer systems and digital gadgets to distort, distort and even end human life.
There was a shocking, twist-filled episode. The Prime Minister is forced to have sex with a pig on live television to release the tempted princess (the national anthem). The woman chased by a bounty hunter on a sadistic reality TV show is revealed to be a child killer (white bear), but frequently, the theme of “What if technology gets worse?” and instead, can capture the multi-layered nuances of human existence.
This calm and more emotional black mirror appeared earlier in episodes of fanfare flights, including San Junipero, which was released in 2016. Be Right Back (2013) is a visionary in the quest for AI, and how experiences of sadness guide the way in which someone creates a computer-generated version of someone they love. And the themes of infidelity and sexual obsession seen through embedded memory “grain” were explored with devastating results in 2011’s “The Whoting History of You.”
And while there is always a place for slightly ridiculous, catastrophe predictions of computer and internet endgames (playing things in season 7 and the public are a decent new example of this), Black Mirror is great when technology is part of the story, not part of the story. The latest series seems to recognize this, perhaps the most heartfelt emotional of the entire catalog. However, three of the seven episodes focus on love stories, while Eulogy, episode 5, was an outstanding viewer on the day of release.
“Eulogy broke me in a very special way that I didn’t expect,” one viewer wrote xAnother person said it was “It’s totally heartbreaking, yet amazing part of a TV… just beautiful and painful.” Another user Added: “Really incredible by all possible standards. I’ve been crying for the past five minutes… Heartbreak can’t even rub the surface of what this made me feel.” Another one was still recovering. From watching: “That’s ha[d] I sob. And I mean heavy, fat tears. ”
Critics agree. Stylist Kayleed Ray I said“Eulogy shatters me and I can’t stop thinking about it,” Ben Rosenstock From the vulture He added that it was “the most heartbreaking episode of the season.” Gamer“The best episode of Black Mirror Season 7… Paul Giamatti is an exception,” Jake Kleinman called it “The best episode of Black Mirror Season 7.” The Huffington Post said: “It could be the best black mirror episode of years.”
Eulogy – co-written by Brooker and Ella Road – in fact, featuring Giamatti’s fascinating performance as Philip. Philip is asked if he would use a digital chip to create memories for the funeral of Carol Royce, a heart-breaking girlfriend in her 20s.
The technology setup is one impressive chain of this episode, as special effects featuring special effects allow Philip to “jump” into old photos and explore the recreated scenes around him. But it is built in a world other than these mergers Live action and CGI scenes It really has an impact. A handful, the story of Philip and Carroll’s relationship and breakup is revealed by his old images and memorials. The dramatic proposals that follow will be adjusted by him in London. And when she goes out on him, his humiliation will never be heard again.
The resulting emotional confusion is palpable, especially in Giamatti’s powerful monologue. However, with the help of an avatar’s “guide” (played by Patsy Ferran) in Eulogy Digital Chip, Phillip discovers information that gives him a new perspective that could change the course of his and Carol’s life, but tragically, it’s too late.
Brooker said Vulture Its pursuit is intended to be a companion piece that will soon return and visit your entire history, examining the blind and subjective nature of hindsight. “We were talking about memories and photography. He added. Rolling Stone: “The one who revisits the past, comes out from a slightly different perspective and uses technology to rest some ghosts.”
Brooker also revealed that his own father’s loss – and that having to read the EU spirit at his funeral has become even more moving for him. Eulogy, like many of its anthology, plays with ideas of nostalgia. But for Philip, this nostalgia is elaborate. The good memories he may have had about Carol have been destroyed mentally and physically by him, quietly cried out regret and bitterness for almost 30 years.
Perhaps, as is almost conventional in the Black Mirror characters, and life itself, eulogy does not have a neat and happy ending, but Philip is given a bittersweet moment of cathartic acceptance. As Giamatti said Rolling Stone Reading the Eulogy script, “I was really moved at the end, but that doesn’t always happen to me.” Even the most cynical Black Mirror fans must agree that this could still be the most heartfelt episode.
Black Mirror Season 7 is available on Netflix.
